The substrate coordinate for tracing how an identity was established and transformed over time.
Not just who something is — but where that identity came from, how it was issued, and what has changed since.
Coordinated sets this position belongs to — the coverage it extends. Counts are the live cluster size in the graph.
Architectural context
Identity · Cross-Vertical · 2 compound moats. Architectural surface: Lineage. Cross-cutting: Identity.
Layer position: Substrate (L1)
Why this is canonical
'Lineage' applied to identity names a distinct substrate operation: the provenance trail of an identity credential from original issuance through every assertion, delegation, and transformation. As agentic systems acquire, share, and modify credentials on behalf of users, the audit trail of identity lineage becomes a first-order compliance and trust primitive.
Where it fits
A few directions this coordinate opens —
Illustrative, not exhaustive — held as a transferable canonical position, open to the buyer's own use.